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davidfor · 01-31-2022, 07:41 PM

A single one to do this is:

Code:

(\d{0,1}[,]?\d{0,3}[,]?\d{1,3} [Ww]ords)

It isn't perfect because it would pickup something like "1,,1 Words". But, I suspect that won't appear.

And semantically, "[Ww]" is a bit better than "(W|w)". The former is "One of this list of things" and the later is "W or w and put them into a group for the replacement". It is a little pedantic and doesn't make a difference in your situation. But, if you need to extend this because you found another case, or, needed to replace the text, the latter might not work as well.

01-31-2022, 07:41 PM	#5
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	A single one to do this is: Code: (\d{0,1}[,]?\d{0,3}[,]?\d{1,3} [Ww]ords) It isn't perfect because it would pickup something like "1,,1 Words". But, I suspect that won't appear. And semantically, "[Ww]" is a bit better than "(W\|w)". The former is "One of this list of things" and the later is "W or w and put them into a group for the replacement". It is a little pedantic and doesn't make a difference in your situation. But, if you need to extend this because you found another case, or, needed to replace the text, the latter might not work as well.